Night One: The 2020 Democratic National Convention

The Trump campaign responds to tonight's festivities:

“Perhaps it was just an oversight, but the first night of the Democrat convention left out the fact that Joe Biden would raise taxes on more than 80 percent of Americans by at least $4 trillion.  Also missing was his open borders policy, with amnesty and work permits for 11 million illegal aliens. There was no mention of Joe Biden’s desire to cut police funding, kill ten million energy jobs with a green new deal, or give free healthcare to illegal aliens, but in fairness, it was only the first night. 

"Biden also failed to highlight his opposition to President Trump’s decision to restrict travel from China and Europe, which saved countless American lives. With history as our guide, if Joe Biden had been president, the coronavirus crisis would be dramatically worse. Democrats can try to conceal the dangerous truth with a Hollywood-produced infomercial, but they can’t hide the fact that the radical socialist leftist takeover of Joe Biden is complete.”

- Hogan Gidley, Trump 2020 national press secretary

I think I'd rather get the virus than watch three more nights of this

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) August 18, 2020

Eva Longoria is saying goodbye. And so are we. See everyone back here tomorrow at 9 p.m.!

Crowd is clapping this time.

michelle obama is talking about systemic racism in her marthas vineyard mansion rn

— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) August 18, 2020

Actually this Michelle Obama recommendation for voters to Vote in Person, request ballots, and check on their status is very good advice! 

Apparently, Joe Biden does not want children to be shot. If that is true, he should really turn to funding police and urging his fellow Democrats in Congress not to blow off police reform bills for the sake of bitter partisanship. 

🚨BREAKING🚨Record numbers of travelers miss their flights after falling asleep during CNN's DNC Convention broadcast.

— The Panda Tribune (@PandaTribune) August 18, 2020

I'm really not sure what she meant by any of that. 

Just a complete outrage that Mitt Romney has been denied a speaking slot during tonight's opening of the Dem convention.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) August 18, 2020

Lol MObama "You know I hate politics"

sure, ok.

Obama: "You know I hate politics..."

Michelle Obama: "Donald Trump is the wrong president for this country...He is clearly in over his head."

"It is what it is."

The Democrats' choice to fully embrace the idea of belief in God after spending the whole year waging war on it in Congress and in the courts is really almost too confounding to be believed

Seems accurate. 

Just had a phone chat with other people who have to watch this and mostly we all just screamed at each other about how bad this pre-produced show is.

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 18, 2020

Michelle Obama says that maybe Democrats lost because voters were "fed up" in 2016. Harsh!

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 18, 2020

Ohhhhh 

I'm old, so I had to walk to the TV and squint, but Michelle Obama's necklace spells "vote"

— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) August 18, 2020

Ah, the ole' popular vote outrage. "We've all been living with the consequences*"

*the consequences of a constitutionally sound election

Checking on Twitter... #TrumpCanceledAmerica is trending.

Good. Grief.